What is food insecurity?
 
Food security is a federal measure of a household’s ability to provide enough food for every person in the household to have an active, healthy life. Food insecurity is one way we can measure the risk of hunger.

 

What are the effects of food insecurity?

 

Food insecurity can have a wide impact, depending on each individual’s circumstances. Some of the most common, yet complex, effects of food
insecurity include:

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• Serious health complications, especially when people facing hunger are forced to choose between spending money on food and medicine or medical care;

• Damage to a child’s ability to learn and grow; and

• Difficult decisions for seniors — often living on fixed incomes — such as choosing between paying for food and critical healthcare.

 

How you can help:

Feeding America
 

Who goes hungry?  Hunger can affect people from all walks of life. Many Americans are one job loss or medical crisis away from food insecurity – but some people, including children and seniors, may be at greater risk of hunger than others. Get the facts.

 

Meals on Wheels of Hunterdon
 

The objective of each Meals on Wheels in Hunterdon, Inc. nutrition program is to assist the elderly and disabled of Hunterdon County, NJ avoids unwanted institutionalization by making it possible for them to live at home in comfort, safety and dignity.

NORWESCAP

 

 

Norwescap has a clear and defined mission and vision as a way to define our today and to help lead us to our aspirations of tomorrow.  Our vision and mission help to explain why we exist and to define our ambition.  The Ends Statement defines which human needs are to be met, or whom, and at what cost. Written with a long-term perspective, these mission-related policies embody the board's long-range vision.  We hope with our defined mission and vision you will join us in impacting poverty.

 

America’s Grow a Row
 

America’s Grow-a-Row’s mission is to positively impact as many lives as possible through a volunteer effort of planting, picking, rescuing, and delivering free fresh produce. At America’s Grow-a-Row we:

 

• Provide fresh, healthy produce to those in need

• Educate people of all generations about hunger and ways to help

• Introduce our youth to farming and healthy eating

• Cultivate in tomorrow’s leaders the habit of giving back

• Contribute to the sustainability of agriculture

 

Where We Do It

 

 

• Pittstown Farm –  Pittstown, NJ (our main location)

• Milford, Alexandria Township Farm 

• Milford, NJ (owned by AGAR)

• Longmeadow Farm

• Hope, NJ

• Riamede Farm

• Chester, NJ

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